[iamjackg]

Briefly, but I realized that the creative satisfaction of the whole thing came from being able to do everything myself, so giving that up would have made it pointless to me. I feel bad about it because it's definitely a bit of a narcissistic take (praise me, for I can do it all!), but the truth is that I was also discouraged by the mistakes I made in the research process, and how mean some of the commenters who pointed them out were.

I started to get a lot of anxiety about the whole process, and realized that I would have had to put even more effort into it ok top of my full time job, which further cemented my choice to just run away from it. I periodically feel really bad about it. Hopefully some day I'll win the lottery and I'll be able to make another episode. I actually have the script for episode 3 all done: I wrote it on parental leave, but that also didn't last forever!

[nuclearnice1]

You did a beautiful job and you should be proud of it. Both the information and the aesthetics are a treat.

Can I ask what technology stack you used? For the images, the animations, and the voice over?

I’d like to be able to do something like this.

[iamjackg]

Thank you so much! It's all done in After Effects, with some Photoshop work for more complex graphics. The voice over was kindly provided by my wife.

[teruakohatu]

Excellent work, the animation is top notch. The voice was so good I also assumed it was generated.

[hbn]

What a world where someone would sooner believe a good human voice is from a computer before a human!

[teruakohatu]

When machines started making perfect rugs, humans began valuing those rugs with imperfections.

[iamjackg]

That would have been really impressive in 2016!